WHAT FOLLOWS IS A TIMELINE AND RESEARCH NOTES REGARDING THE LIFE OF EDWARD EASTHAM, SON OF JAMES EASTHAM AND SARAH ZACHARY....

CONFLICTING EVIDENCE AS TO PARENTS:
Edward Eastham (son of William Eastham and Frances Byrd) b abt 1775 Culpepper co, Va.
Marr Nancy Ann Thorton 5 Jun 1798 in Orange co, Va.
Children:
James b 1799 Orange
Willilam b 1801 Orange
Edward b 1807 Orange
Sarah b 1809 Orange
Margaret b 1811 Orange
Frances b 1813 Lincoln
Nancy b 1 Jan 1815 Lincoln co, Ky d 1885 Warrensburg, Mo.
Elizabeth b 1817 Lincoln
Catherine b 1819 Orange
(Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/a/u/Kathi-Kaufm...)

1788 BIRTH IN CULPEPER CO, VA: Source: Bobby Joe Wilson, "Eastham Family History 1620-2002: NGS Quarterly Report of Edward (Essom) Eastham," (7 April 2002); folder: "Eastham," vertical files; Pulaski County Historical Society, Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States. ) ---Jana Stokes, Jun 2011.

BIRTH IN CULPEPPER CO, VA: alluded to in History of Macoupin county, Illinois.

1792 MADISON CO VIRGINIA CREATED FROM CULPEPPER CO, VIRGINIA

1793-1818 VIRGINIA, MADISON COUNTY, PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LIST:
No Eastham.
(Source: "Madison County Personal Property Tax List 1793-1818", http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/madison.htm, Which cites its source as ibrary of Virginia microfilm no. 220 [library of Virginia microfilm no. 220]) ---Jana Stokes 20 Nov 201`.

1800 VIRGINIA TAX LIST:
Eastham, Philip Culpepper 1801 Personal A 11
Eastham, James Halifax 1798 Personal A 10
Eastham, Robert Halifax 1798 Personal A 10
Eastham, Edward Halifax 1798 Personal A 10
Eastham, Bird Culpepper 1801 Personal A 11
Eastham, George Fauquier 1799 Personal C 09
---Jana Stokes, 20 Nov 2011.

SON JAMES EASTHAM BORN:
Hist of Macoupin co, Illinois gives James Eastham son as W. E. Eastham b 1828 in Lincoln co, KY. Same source gives this James Eastham's father as Edward Eastham, and says "The Easthams were originally from Culpepper Court House, Virginia".
Pix of Willam E Eastham.(Source: "William Edward Eastham (b. 1828)" Family Tree Maker Online, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/a/u/Kathi-Kaufm..., Which cites as its source History of Macoupin county, Illinois.)

1808 POSSIBLE SON MILTON EASTHAM BORN IN VIRGINIA:
Milton Eastham birth as 1808 in Virginia per 1850 Fed Cen; b as 1808 also supported by Pulaski county, Ky tax lists; James Eastham Sr. in Pulaski co, Ky by 1801 though, so fact that Milton born in Virginia indicates he may be the son of one James Eastham Sr's sons who stayed in Virginia.
----Jana Stokes, 20 Nov 2011.

1809 OLD ENOUGH TO BE IN TAX LIST

POSSIBLE WIFE:
Ann Thornton
(Source: Vicki Peterson, "Edward Eastham of Lincoln co, Kentucky", http://genforum.genealogy.com/eastham/messages/189.html, accessed 20 Nov 2011) ---Jana Stokes, 20 Nov 2011.

1810 FED CEN:
Edward Eastham Madison, Virginia
Cornelius Culp [Edward Eastham] Greenup, Kentucky

1810 FED CEN: Madison Virginia
Edward Eastham
1 w m under 10
1 w m 10-15
1 w m over 45
4 w females under 10
1 w f 26-44
4 slaves
census list alphabetically so neighbors not significant
no other Easthams however
no Zachary's either
---Jana Stokes, 20 Nov 2011.

1802-1881 VIRGINIA, MADISON CO, CHANCERY RECORDS INDEX:
searched for Surname 1 equal Eastham [also did Easom and Zachary and Reid]
no hits
---Jana Stokes, 20 Nov 2011.

1816 WILL OF JAMES EASTHAM IN PULASKI CO, KY:
Eastham, James ---Will--- all property to my aged and infirm wife ---euqlly divided between my children now named, as some of them will have nothing ---no part of my property ---- sons James, John, Williams and Edward Eastham and daughters Sally Cox, Nancy Lloyd and their heirs to have entire estate at death of wife --- son James Eastham myy wife, son-in-law James Cox and Tunstall Quarles executors; 1-13-1815. Wit: Tunstall Quarles, Wm Zachary, Micajah Faris. Pro: 2-26-1816.
Will Book One, pg 207.
(Source: Margaret Dunn Frye, Abstract of Will Book One of Pulaski County, Kentucky with Complete Index (Somerset, Ky : Somerset Chapter, DAR, 1943) Kentucky Historical Society Library (Frankfort) Call No. 976.902 P981f. ---Jana Stokes, Jul 2011.

16 FEB 1819 DAU CATHERINE EASTHAM MARRIES ROBERT SMITH:
Catherine Eastham married Robert Smith Feb. 16, 1819 in Lincoln county Kentucky.I want information on her father E
dward Eastham date and place of birth.
(Source: Beverly Hodges, "Edward Eastham's date and place of birth" http://genforum.genealogy.com/eastham/messages/181.html, post date Nov 23, 2000, access date 20 Nov 2011) ---Jana Stokes, 20 Nov 2011.

1820 FED CEN: Crab Orchard, Lincoln Co, Ky [plus no Edward Eastham in Madison co, Virginia anymore] Aug 7, 1820
John Cloyd
Anderson Sparks
Edward Eastham
1 w m under 10
1 w m 10-15
1 w m 16-25
1 w m over 45
2 w f under 10
1 w f 10-15
1 w f 16-25
1 w f 26-44
4 engaged in ag
1 m slave under 14
1 m slave 14-25
1 f salve 14-25
1 f slave 26-44
Elisha Carler
Larkin Sawbridge
[no other Eastham in Lincoln]

No Eastham/Easom in will books for Lincoln co, Ky up to Vol G which end with 1822. Also no Eastham/Easom in deed books 1796-1803.
(Source: Strickly by Name) ---Jana Stokes, 20 Nov 2011.

1829 not in Pulaski co Ky tax list

1835 mother dies so now land going to heirs